Pitchfork.



No. 894,491. PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

J. G. FRBES.

PITGHFORK. APPLICATION FILED UG. 9, 1907.

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JOHN C. FREES, OF FERItY, MICHIGAN:

PITCHIFORIL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN 0. Farms, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ferry,

in the county of Oceana, State of Michi an, have invented certain newand useful mprovements in Pitchforks; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a, full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainstomake and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for pitchforks and is moreparticularly designed for use on forks for loading or pitching ma-inure.

The object mview is to provide an attachment of such nature that thematerial gathered up by the fork may be readily removed therefrom andthis by the ordinary back ward pull usually given a fork of thischaracter as it is removed from the wagon box into which the material isb'eing loaded.

In carrying out my invention, I provide upon the handle of the fork alever which is freely movable and connect to this lever, the rear endsof legs or rods which are provided at their forward ends with collarportions which fit over the tines of the fork and are movablealong thesame.

will result in the lever striking the edge of the wagon box into whichthe material is being loaded and will force the legs forwardlytodischarge the manure from the fork.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing themanner of using the fork, Fig. 2 is.a top plan view of the fork with theattachment in lace thereon, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of. t e forkandthe attachment, Fig. 4 is a front view thereof, Fig. 5 is a verticalsectional view through one of the tines of the fork showing in fulllines the normal position of the corresponding leg and in dotted linesthe position of the leg when the attachment is operated to discharge themanure, and,'F1g. 6 is a detail sectional view through the pivot boltfor the legs showing the manner in which they are connected withthewhandle.

As shown in the drawings, the fork is of the usual constructionincluding the usual handle 7 and the tines 8 which latter may be of anynumber desired; r I

A pair oft'rip lever bars 9 are connected at Specification of LettersPatent. Application filed August 9,- 1907. Serial Noas7,seo.

The backward pull given to the fork as above mentioned Patented July 28,1908;

pivot bolt 11 which is passed through the connected with the handle. Thelegs "here- 'tofore mentioned are indicated by the numeral 12 and formedat the rear end of each their lower ends to the handle by means of a ofthe'said legs is an a ertured ear l3. 7' A pivot bolt 14 is passed t rouh the said ears and throughthe upper ends 0 the levers 9, it beingunderstood that an equal number of legs are disposed, upon each side ofthe said "levers. At their forwardends, each ofthe said legs is pivotedto a collar It's-which is fittedover the correspondin tine'z8, the saidsaid edge of the wagon box and the levers he fork is then given l 0 Themanner of using the fork is as follows: 7

will be swung forwardly moving the legs in a;

corresponding direction andcausing their collar portions to shove anyadhering material from the tines of the fork. v

It will be understood that when the device is applied to a fork havingfive tines, the leg for the middle tine may be pivoted between the upperends of thelevers 9 wardly of the same.

What is claimed, is p The combination with a itchfork including a handleand tines, of a pair of levers pivoted at their extreme lower ends tothe handle at opposite sides thereof and projecting upwardly therefromin parallel relation, a bolt engaged through the extreme upper ends ofthe levers and extending to opposite instead of-out f sides thereof, les formed with spacing 001- JOHN L. RIENVUS, E. -L. BENTON.

